Almost all HTML5 and web applications today make use of AJAX to communicate between client and server. AJAX is great with asynchronous operations, but what about real-time communication? How would you push a message from server to client? HTML5 WebSockets offer a solution to all of these questions but are not supported in every browser […]

Websockets is introducing web developers to a whole new world of real-time programming but that isn’t the end of the story. SignalR gives ASP.NET developers the ability to build real-time web apps that work both with and without websockets and with an API so easy to use it almost seems like magic (really). You want […]

Windows 8 Release Preview is available for download now. Details here It’s Windows reimagined and reinvented from a solid core of Windows 7 speed and reliability. It’s an all-new touch interface. It’s a new Windows for new devices. And it’s easy to try now—whether you’re installing it for the first time, or moving from Windows 8 […]

Microsoft released Visual Studio 2012 RC as well as the .Net framework 4.5 RC, along with Windows 8 Release Preview. The latest version of Visual Studio promises developers the ability to create high quality applications using a tool that allows advanced team collaboration with life-cycle management utilities. Visual Studio 2012 allows developers to get off […]

In MS Office 2003, we had navigation controls (from web toolbar) so that we can navigate backward and forward after clicking on links. Also we can find the full path of the document (requires to recover files when we open from attachments and forgot to save). The same feature can be enabled in MS Office […]

Google Chrome user alibo encountered an active “man in the middle” (MITM) attack on secure SSL connections to Google servers. The fraudulent certificate was mis-issued by DigiNotar, a Dutch Certificate Authority. The people affected were primarily located in Iran. DigiNotar has reported evidence that other fraudulent certificates were issued and in active use but the full […]

There has been a lot of back and forth between Microsoft and Google in the Office 365 vs. Google Apps app-suite debate. Both camps have been keen to publicize their respective customer steals from one another, and neither has been afraid to highlight the other’s flaws of projects undertaken. The latest pop comes from Microsoft […]